Tracy Crow

AUTHOR, SPEAKER, WRITING INSTRUCTOR, EDITOR, MARINE

Tracy Crow is a former Marine Corps officer and an award-winning military journalist. Her essays and short stories have been published widely and been nominated for three Pushcart Prizes.

Tracy is the author of

- Eyes Right: Confessions from a Woman Marine, an award-winning memoir

- An Unlawful Order,  the military conspiracy thriller, (under her pen name, Carver Greene)

- Red, White, & True: Stories from Veterans and Families, WWII to Present, a collection of true stories

- On Point: A Guide to Writing the Military Story, Tracy's newest publication, which combines her skills and experience as a former Marine Corps officer, award-winning military journalist, author, editor, and professor of creative writing.

Tracy has a B.A. in creative writing  from Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, Florida, and an MFA in creative writing from Queens University of Charlotte in North Carolina.

Tracy's clients include Colleges and Universities, Companies with Sales & Marketing Teams, Writers and Writing Programs and Veterans/Military groups.

TESTIMONIALS

Speaking Events / Workshops

"Throughout the discussion, Crow emphasized that everyone has a story to tell, and every story matters...stories have a way of moving us, of connecting us to one another. {Crow} observed that military veterans may sometimes forget their stories or never share those stories with others. Yet through writing, she said, veterans can work through emotional issues and help manage posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)." —Saint Leo University

"If {Tracy Crow} comes to your town, go! I thought of multiple ideas while listening." —Janet Hartman, Carteret Writers, Inc.

"{Tracy Crow} delighted her audience...her perspective on the expanded role of women in combat, announced by the Pentagon that very day, was timely information that began her discussion of the problems and issues facing American women who proudly serve in our armed forces today." —Eileen Deegan, Eckerd College Friends of the Library

Tracy's Books

Eyes Right: Confessions from a Woman Marine

"Crow's {Eyes Right} is an engrossing story, and her impeccable storytelling skills bring her battles and triumphs—in the military and at home—vividly to life."—Publishers Weekly

"You might not know that the female-soldier memoir is a genre. Perhaps you don't know that because so few of these true accounts were written by professional writers like Tracy Crow, enlisted women who later became creative-writing professors."—Village Voice

On Point: A Guide to Writing the Military Story

"A great tool for veterans, military service members, military family members, and for instructors of creative writing."—Brian Turner, author of My Life as a Foreign Country

"Both useful and graceful. . . . This book is essential for those who want to share their perspective on the growth, the ironies, the emotions, and the fundamental truths of the military experience."—Janet Burroway, author of Writing Fiction: A Guide to Narrative Craft

"Tracy Crow has written the perfect writing guide. Her advice is crisp, clear, and indispensable: just what you'd expect from a former Marine turned author."—Dinty W. Moore, author of Between Panic and Desire and the director of the creative writing program at Ohio University

"Finally! A straightforward, practical primer. . . . On Point provides the necessary tools for converting one's military experience into meaningful storytelling."—Dwight Jon Zimmerman, #1 New York Times best-selling author and president of the Military Writers Society of America 

"{On Point} is primarily for beginners and includes creative exercises that show how the pain of editing is just weakness leaving your body of literary work." —Military Times

Red, White, & True: Stories from Veterans and Families, WWII to Present

 "I have not read a more awe-inspiring collection of ground truth of the human experience than the stories I found in Red, White, and True. Deeply moving, compelling, and at times emotionally wrenching to the point of tears, Red, White, and True is an unforgettable and thoroughly rewarding reading experience."—Dwight Jon Zimmerman, New York Times best-selling coauthor of Lincoln's Last Days and coauthor of Uncommon Valor

"If you are or have been a member of the military, read this book. If you love or have loved someone in the military, read this book. If you don't know anyone in the military, read this book. It's a revelation."—Pinckney Benedict, author of Miracle Boy and Other Stories and Town Smokes

An Unlawful Order

"{Tracy Crow} is a skillful writer who has introduced a new heroine readers will look forward to seeing in future installments. This entertaining military thriller provides an intriguing look inside the Marine Corps." —KIRKUS

PREVIOUS CLIENTS

• Tampa Bay Times Festival of Reading – featured author

• Professional Business Women's Association, St. Petersburg – guest speaker

• Saint Leo University – guest speaker/lecturer

• Eckerd College – keynote speaker for Friends of the Library and featured author for Writers in Paradise

• Gettysburg College – guest speaker/lecturer

• Everest University – guest speaker/lecturer

• Association of Writers & Writing Professionals – panel presenter

• Bouchard Insurance – teaching consultant for business writing seminars and teacher-training mentorship

• Carteret Writers, Inc. – guest speaker/lecturer

• Women Marines Association – guest speaker

• North Carolina Women Veterans Summit and Expo – keynote speaker